The heat of his body, the way he crowded her without shame, the dark satisfaction flickering across his face when he saw her reaction, it made her skin crawl. He looked pleased with her fear, like he enjoyed cornering her, like he wanted her to know exactly how trapped she was.
Ashley snapped.
She shoved Felix back with all the strength she had, her hands hitting his chest hard enough to force a step out of him.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" she spat, her voice shaking with fury. "I am about to be your Luna, and this is how you dare to treat me?"
Her chest rose and fell rapidly, eyes blazing despite the fear crawling under her skin.
"Aren't you afraid of being killed by Nathan for touching me?" she shot back, throwing the name like a blade, desperately hoping that it would cut deep enough to make him stop.
Because it had to.
